IRAN has made a desperate appeal to incoming Prime Minister Boris Johnson, declaring Tehran is not seeking any confrontation - despite seizing a UK-flagged oil tanker and its crew last week.

In the hours before Mr Johnson was crowned leader of the Conservative Party and successor to Theresa May, Iran’s Foreign Minister begged for “normal relations based on mutual respect” despite the oil tanker crisis continuing according to The Guardian. Mohammad Javad Zarif said: “It is very important for Boris Johnson as he enters 10 Downing Street to understand that Iran does not seek confrontation, that Iran wants normal relations based on mutual respect.” He was responding to a question as to whether or not he had a message for the new Prime Minister, who today beat Jeremy Hunt with 66 percent of the overall votes.